Hoeamsa Temple, which was considered the largest temple in the Joseon Dynasty.

 Of course, the actual reconstruction has been around since the Goryeo Dynasty. = A house like a palace = The secret of bronze giltak = "Is it a candlestick or not?" Maybe it's a bowl...." One day in May 2000, around lunch. Strange relics were caught in the eyes of the excavation team (Gyeonggi Museum), which was investigating the 6th complex of Hoeamsa Temple in Yangju. Bronze artifacts engraved with letters were found scattered around in front of the Bogwangjeon building site. The excavation team, including Song Man-young, a curator at the Gyeonggi Museum, was very nervous about the emergence of a prestigious bronze flag. As many as 134 characters were engraved on the letters that began with"天寶山中 檜岩寺 普光明殿 四校角~縣琴鐸~" This inscription was the origin of Gong Deok-ju's gain, which ends with "主主大夫侍侍得得得得." The name Hoeamsa Temple, which came out for the first time since its first excavation in 1997, opened my eyes wide. However, the purpose of this relic was unknown, so the excavation team's Aeganjang was melted. But in less than 15 days, the mystery was solved. The same prestigious bronze flag was excavated from the northeast of Bogwangjeon Hall. Eventually, "Sagyogak" is the most prestigious.Cash Table was a gold table (scenery) hung at the end of the four corners of Bogwangjeon Hall. This Geumtak was different from any other "scenery." At the top of Geumtak, prestigious texts such as "Wangsa Myoumjonja, Muhak Daesa," "Lee Seong-gye," "Queen Sindeok Kang, the genealogy of Yi Seong-gye," and "Cushion" were engraved. It was also engraved that he wrote this article in the 27th year of Hongmu, that is, 1394. In the end, this gold table excavation is important in that it archaeologically revealed that King Taejo Lee Seong-gye decorated the Bogwangjeon Hall of Hoeamsa Temple, a state police officer, in 1394 three years after the founding of the Joseon Dynasty, "for Muhaksa, Queen Sindeok, and Crown Prince cushion." However, who is the beneficiary of this Buddhist service? He was a general during the reign of King Wu at the end of the Goryeo Dynasty, but was appointed with the founding of the Joseon Dynasty. In the Annals of the Joseon Dynasty, there is a section asking about the sin of Lee Ik-bun, who wasted his national treasury by recommending Buddhist service as soon as King Jeongjo took the throne (1398). This may have asked about the crime of decorating Bogwangjeon Hall of Hoeamsa Temple too luxuriously. The names engraved on the gold table, namely, Buddhist Monk Muhak, Queen Sindeok Kang, and cushions, were eye-catching to the room (Jeongjong) and Bangwon (Taejong), the resuscitation of King Taejo's first wife, Queen Shinui Han. ◇Doll Buddha statues scattered in a disastrous tear ◇It is the wooden iron and stone Buddha statues that made the excavation team creepy. Buddha statues of 20 to 30 cm carried by monks like dolls. However, at the excavation site, Buddha statues sometimes crushed and broken, or scattered body and head this way and head that way were collected. Song Manyoung's words. "In the case of frostbite, it was found cut into four pieces, but it was confirmed to be 50 to 60 meters away from each other." Body size is 5 dan, head is 6 dan, arms and legs are 7 dan and 8 dan, like this. This means that someone damaged the Buddha statues with hatred and burning hostility and threw them mercilessly." Let's look at the record. Buddhism and Hoeamsa Temple, which had been in ups and downs since King Taejo, enter the path of revival during the reign of King Myeongjong, that is, Queen Munjeong took power and hired Bow. Bow plans the Hoeamsa Temple Tea Competition with Queen Munjeong on her back in 1565 to expand the declining Buddhist tax and gain royal support. There were a lot of appeals from Confucian scholars, and coincidentally, Queen Munjeong, who was so trusted, dies. Then the situation changes suddenly. The Annals of the Joseon Dynasty record that "the Confucian scholars of Songdo in the 21st year of King Myeongjong (1566) are trying to burn Hoeamsa Temple." Bow, who was exiled to Jeju Island, is eventually beaten to death. Such Bow has been labeled Yoseung until recently, but these days, it is reevaluated as a high priest who has struggled to maintain and develop Buddhist traditions based on high-quality poetry. In 1395, during the reign of King Seonjo, "There is a burnt bell on the old site of Hoeamsa Temple" (the Annals of the Joseon Dynasty), according to records, Hoeamsa Temple was burned by Confucian scholars between 1566 and 1595. It is not known when Hoeamsa Temple was founded, which is similar to the ◇ palace. However, Buddhist monk Naong, who was inspired by Buddhist monk Jingong of India, built a Buddhist service in 1374. According to the Cheonbosan Hoiamsa Temple trough among Mokgeun Lee Saek's Mokjip, 10 Gwaneum statues were created in addition to the 262 compartments and 15 Buddha statues. However, as of 1997, when the sixth excavation was completed, 55 building sites have been investigated, and the total number of building sites is estimated to be 256 spaces. figures close to the unusual record In addition to the excavation of bronze giltak and scattered Buddha statues, we were able to solve enormous secrets related to Hoeamsa Temple. First of all, it's a unique structure. The remains were found as a set of furnaces, ondol facilities, kitchens, chimneys, stairs, access facilities, and pillars with 8 bays (31.6 meters) in the front and 4 bays (14.1 meters) in the side. The spheres stand out about 52cm from the floor and look like a bed in the military interior. The building site on the 8-tier site, the highest location among the building sites, that is, the Jeongcheong site and the east-west marketplace, eloquently express the dignity of this temple. In other words, in general, the location of the room manager in a temple is located in a quiet place, a place where you can see the entire precincts, or around the main Buddhist temple where Buddha is enshrined. It is a symbolic meaning of escorting illegality. However, in Hoeamsa Temple, Jeongcheong was considered more important than the room manager. The fact that there are room managers on the left and right sides with the government office in the middle tells that. This structure, which was built when it was reconstructed by Naong at the end of the Goryeo Dynasty, remained unchanged during the Joseon Dynasty. Jeongcheong was the place where King Gongyang, who held a spectacular event at Hoeamsa Temple, or King Taejo Lee Seong-gye, who founded Joseon, stayed. A large monk of the temple lived in the room and took care of the king's residence, Jeongcheong. In short, this structure represents a similar building arrangement to Manwoldae in Kaesong, the palace of Goryeo. It clearly tells the status of Hoeamsa Temple. In addition, the stupa remaining at the excavation site was originally regarded as the stupa of Bow, but the current research shows that this is unlikely. It is impossible that the stupa of Bow, who was killed after being exiled to Jeju Island, was established. Recently, there is a possibility that it may be the stupa of Monk Cheoan, the chief monk of Jeongyangsa Temple, who was in charge of rebuilding Hoeamsa Temple in the 3rd year of King Seongjong's reign. The reality of Hoeamsa Temple is revealed one after another in a six-year excavation survey. It is no exaggeration to say that it is a "war criminal of excavation investigation" because ordinary tourists can receive vivid and kind guidance from the excavation team when they visit the site. In the future, the key is how to plan for restoration or how to demolish and repair indiscriminately built building sites such as ready-mixed concrete factories standing at the entrance of Hoeamsa Temple Site. It should be remembered that if maintenance or restoration goes wrong, it is a crime that cannot be washed in front of history. "Cho Yu-jeon / Archaeologist".

Opinions on the history of the Joseon Dynasty - Gwanghaegun... Is he a tyrant? Or is he the king of misfortune?

It is true that Gwanghaegun acted against humanity. The queen of King Seonjo, who came in late after Gwanghae-gun became a crown prince, gave birth to a son (Grand Prince Yeongchang). So, the ministers of the royal court were divided into Gwanghaegun and Yeongchangdaegun, and partisan battles began over the succession of the throne. The Joseon royal family, who had been stationed in China, had to obtain permission from the emperor of China (the Ming Dynasty) regarding the crown prince and queen Chaekbong. At this time, the emperor of the Ming Dynasty did not recognize Gwanghae-gun's status as a crown prince. Gwanghaegun ascends to the throne when King Seonjo, who inwardly tried to abolish Gwanghaegun and raise Prince Yeongchang as Crown Prince, suddenly dies. However, the rebellion of the officials who tried to establish Prince Yeongchang continued, and disputes over the legitimacy of Gwanghaegun continued, forcing Gwanghaegun to exercise unstable royal power from the beginning of power. So Gwanghae-gun eventually killed his younger half-brother, Prince Yeongchang. It ruins Prince Yeongchang's biological mother, Inmokdaebi. He also killed many of the royal servants who were a threat to his throne. Some people call Gwanghaegun Paeryun, tyrant, etc. Not only Gwanghaegun, but also all kings of all time mercilessly suppressed the role of challenging the throne. However, all of Gwanghaegun's achievements were obscured by the artificial rebels and only the situation was greatly inflated. In addition, Gwanghaegun's personality was fabricated as a violent and brutal tyrant. There's a saying that history is made by the winners... In fact, Gwanghaegun was on the throne for a short period of 15 years, but what kind of king Gwanghaegun was...And we don't know why we were kicked out. Gwanghaegun has been completely shunned in history. Gwanghaegun was a king with very weak legitimacy. Some raised the question of whether Prince Yeongchang should become king because he was born later. Even in the Ming Dynasty, Gwanghaegun's kingship...Since it was a situation where diplomatic issues were raised that did not recognize the throne, large-scale civil engineering work was carried out excessively to compensate for such legitimacy. Because of this national project... Wasn't there also a purpose of blocking objections or problems against yourself? I think that's what I thought. At that time, Gwanghae-gun's biggest concern and task was to rebuild Joseon, which collapsed to the point of collapse due to the Imjin War. To do that, the first thing you need is... Strengthen the kingship...It was to correct the discipline of the country. Gwanghaegun's palace construction several times... You can understand it from this background. In the era of supporting the Ming Dynasty like a god... Gwanghaegun, who ascended the throne, implemented an unexpected policy on Ming. They don't accept requests from their names.In favor of Joseon...Foreign policy is implemented.    Neutral diplomacy... The Ming Dynasty has long existed as a powerhouse in Northeast Asia. And Joseon served the Ming Dynasty as a commercial country. But...Northeast Asia...A new powerhouse will emerge. It's "Hu-geum." A new country that appeared at that time...Hugeum... grew rapidly and gradually expanded its territory. And eventually, in 1618, he attacked and fell the Musunseong Fortress of the Ming Dynasty. Then, in a hurry, the Ming Dynasty demands Joseon to dispatch troops. But Gwanghaegun didn't comply with the Ming Dynasty's request. With this excuse and that excuse, I just postpone the dispatch of reinforcements. And it's not until a year later that we decide to dispatch the troops. Not only that...The belatedly dispatched reinforcements are not active in the war at all. The forces that expelled Gwanghaegun from the palace criticized Gwanghaegun's foreign policy. I betrayed my order right away.He showed his sincerity to Hu-geum, who is an orang-cain. Meanwhile, when the Ming Dynasty was pushed back in the war, Joseon's Daemyung Support Army intentionally surrendered to Hu Keum under the direction of Gwanghaegun. Meanwhile, Gwanghae-gun is also devoted to collecting information on the new powerhouse, Hugeum. Daemyung Support Army, who surrendered to Hugeum, stayed in Hugeum for the next seven years and returned to Joseon... During those seven years, they not only informed Gwanghaegun of the circumstances of the money, but also served as a diplomat... In order to counter the later horsemen, Gwanghaegun secretly strives to make firearms and tanks. He makes it clear that he doesn't mean to be friends with the money afterwards instead of the royal court. The claim that "he betrayed his name and showed sincerity to Hu-geum" was completely different from Gwanghaegun's idea. Gwanghaegun tried to establish a country right after the war...Establishing the kingship...It also carries out innovative politics for the people. Even in Gwanghaegun's internal affairs, it's hard to say that he's the king of tyranny. Then, what is the real reason why Gwanghaegun was kicked out? The biggest reason for the Injo Rebellion was the murder of Prince Yeongchang and the abolition of Inmokdaebi. Will it...? If the king is abolished in the name of killing the king's brother or brother, what happens to King Taejong, King Sejo, and King Injo, who kills his son later, and even his grandson. Injo and Ravn... What about Ravn? The biggest reason for dethroning Gwanghaegun is the Daedongbeop... In the past, all the people had to pay tribute to the country. But... This law does not impose taxes on poor farmers. It is a system that requires only landowners to pay rice. It's a very innovative bill to rescue poor farmers. But Lee first proposed this bill...During the reign of King Seonjo, it was not implemented directly due to strong opposition from the vested class, but...As soon as Gwanghae ascended to the throne...This law is named Daedong Law and enforced in Gyeonggi-do. After the Japanese Invasion of Korea in 1592,More than half of the nation's debate is devastated.Considering the situation at the time when farmers' lives were extremely difficult...Despite opposition from vested interests, the law was enforced. In that sense, the actual justification for the Injo Rebellion was to make up for it when the Daedong Law was implemented or reform politics at the time, and the vested forces reduced their own form of power... The forces that kicked out Gwanghaegun and took power abolish all the reform politics that Gwanghaegun had implemented. The representative one is the Daedong Law, which was abolished immediately after the Injo class. Not only that, but foreign policy changes... Let's strengthen the ranks of the commanders again. At that time, Joseon not only reported all the affairs with Hugeum to the Ming, but also informed the Ming of information on Hugeum that Joseon was grasping. And these foreign policies eventually led to another war in Joseon.In other words, it is the Jeongmyo Horan and the Byeongja Horan, which Qing invaded Joseon. Because of foreign policy that ignores reality...Joseon was once again engulfed in the whirlwind of war. King Injo of Joseon, who lost in this war, bowed thousands of times to Hu-geum's forehead.It's a pity, but the tomb of Gwanghaegun, which is now shabby, shows how Gwanghaegun has been evaluated by us in the past.